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The British High Court has been notified of the settlement, but the precise amounts may never be known, ITV News reported. At least one of the detainees will receive a settlement of more than a million British pounds ($1.6 million).Story: U.S. judge sentences ex-Guantanamo detainee to life
The news comes after months of negotiations, which began after an appeals court ruled secret government intelligence and security documents would have to be released in court hearings involving the detainees.
Five former detainees, who denied they were ever involved with terrorism, had claimed that Mi5 and Mi6 were involved in their wrongful rendition, detainment and abuse.
One allegation said the British government knew the detainees were being illegally transferred to the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay but failed to prevent it, ITV reported.
Those to receive settlements include Binyam Mohamed, Bisher Al Rawi, Jamil El Banna, Richard Belmar, Omar Deghayes, Moazzam Begg and Martin Mubanga, ITV reported.
Not all the former Guantanamo Bay prisoners set to receive money from the government are British citizens, according to ITV. Some are reportedly asylum seekers.


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but.......but................but.......i counted all the score in the other forum.......874 players- 125 mods
-6 LOL if that's true, Treann I will love you forever.
-5 really? damn.....oh, hai gaiz
Death would be a welcome embrace.
Goodness gracious!
I think Treann is making that up
-5 Heya worgen. I panicked when i saw the other thread closed >.>.
that math doesn't seem quite right though.....
heya dragonperson
Death would be a welcome embrace.
hey everyone.....well i was writting all the +50 -50 in a paper, it wasn't too long counting all, but i might missed some scores on players cause there was some strange posts or something
oh and making the new P VS M Wallpaper
Sorry you went through all that trouble, but I'll at least update the OP with it.
-5 it's amazingly balanced
Death would be a welcome embrace.
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why the f did u close the other one O_o it was freaking 1810 pages =O
to repurpose the tallying of score
Death would be a welcome embrace.
-2 Pfft I'm ashamed the mods got that high in points! lmao
Sry drak... we talked about it last night and today, but you missed it
and when did arlee go mod?


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- "I don't want to sign up for this part and find out that I like die or have to get naked two episodes down the line (laughs) as sometimes happens, and so I looked at all of my parts in the books because my character accompanies Bran. … There's so much rich description of all of the characters and it's actually incredibly useful as an actor, to be able to read that and be like, "Great! Thanks! Thanks, George R.R. Martin. You've done all the work for me!""
- ―Ellie Kendrick on playing Meera Reed[1]
Eleanor Lucy V. Kendrick, (born 6 June 1990) is an actress based in the UK.
In Game of Thrones she plays Meera Reed. She was announced as a guest star in the third season at San Diego Comic-Con 2012.[2]
She has also appeared in the television feature Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006), the film An Education (2009), the miniseries The Diary of Anne Frank (2009) in the title role, and the stage production recording Shakespeare's Globe: Romeo and Juliet (2010). She also played Ivy Morris in the first season of the ITV drama Upstairs Downstairs in 2010 and Helen in the fifth season of Misfits in 2013.
Ironically, Kendrick played Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank (2009), while Thomas Brodie-Sangster, who plays her on-screen brother, played Young Adolf Hitler in Hitler: Rise of Evil (2003).
Although Kendrick plays the older sister of Thomas Brodie-Sangster's character, she was born two weeks after him.
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This week I'm very excited to introduce you all to the dashingly handsome Pumpkin and his beautiful sister Marine! A huge warm welcome to you both!
1. Tell us a little bit about yourselves.
Hello! I am Pumpkin (a boy) and I have a pretty sister Marine. We are only 1 years old and live on a catamaran in Marina Del Rey since August 2015. We are very talkative kitties who love to cuddle! Meow!
2. Who do you live with? How did you choose your humans?
We live with our mom and dad who work for the airlines. Our mom saw pictures of us online and flew to Phoenix to adopt us. I guess we charmed her with our fluffy cuteness!
3. How do you spend an average day on the boat?
In the port side forward hatch we have a cool "kitty condo" on the boat that is our very own space. It's hooked up with beds, blankets, food, water, litter, etc. In the morning we roam around the boat, watching the birds, eating, and cuddling with mom and dad while they have their coffee. In the afternoon we stare at our Seagull friend (for 2-3 hours!). Marine and the seagull have a fascination with each other, haha! In the evening we LOVE to watch the sunset on the bimini or the nets of the catamaran!
4. What's your favourite thing to do to?
My favorite thing to do is go sailing to watch the Dolphins and Pelicans! I love feeling the ocean breeze in my fur! Marine's favorite thing to do is eat her dry food and watch her Seagull friend in the Marina. She's kind of boring…she sleeps too much!
5. Do you prefer spending time on land or on the boat?
We definitely prefer being on the boat. We used to live in an apartment and it is so boring!
6. I would imagine that two beautiful boat cats like yourselves would attract a lot of attention… do you like meeting new furiends?
There are 6 other cats that live on this dock, but we don't hang out with them. We are good kitties and usually stay on our boat and stare at them. Mom doesn't want us jumping off the boat because we have both fallen in and that was scary!!!
We also have many human/cat furriends on our Instagram page! 14,600+ followers.
People riding by in the dinghy boats always laugh and stare at us as they pass by. They can't believe they see cats on a boat.
7. Do either of you suffer with seasickness?
Fortunately, no! We are very lucky!
8. What's the strangest thing you've ever seen whilst sailing?
When the birds dive right into the water and catch fish !!! We wish we could do that!
9. Who is the naughty one? What's the worst thing you've ever done?
Marine is the naughty one!!! She will be mischievous any chance that she gets! She goes into every compartment she can find. The worst thing she ever did was go down into the bilge! The worst thing I've ever done is fall into the Marina and I swam for 20 minutes before someone found me!
10. What do you think your next big adventure in life will be?
Our next adventure won't be for a long time because mom and dad are still learning to sail, but once they are more experienced we are going to go on a big voyage to Tahiti and Marquesas with a big group of other catamarans!
11. What's the most impawtant piece of advice you would give to anyone who's interested in sailing?
*Go for it and don't be scared. There are so many fun places to explore and climb being on a boat!
*Don't jump onto the dock or other people's boats (because you might fall in)
*Only come out on the decks when the waves and swells are calm (because you might fall in)
12. Do you have a website or social media channel where we can follow your future adventures?
Yes, Instagram is our favorite!
We have lots of funny videos and photos there!
Well thank you so much for joing me today it's been a pleasure having you both. Also thank you to your humans for the pawesome photos of you both! I'm very jealous that you got so close to lobsters… I hope to do that too one day! Furiends if you're left wanting more of this adorable duo check out this purrfect video of the two of them chilling out on their boat!
Happy Caturday Evfurryone!
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Is the, or has the Companion Bible been added by BW or another user to the BW program. I really using it and it's indexes.
Is the, or has the Companion Bible been added by BW or another user to the BW program. I really using it and it's indexes.
I have a copy of the companion Bible in print. Got it many years ago. Also have his commentary on Revelation. Bullinger was truly a great mind. Unfortunately his talent was wasted by his diversion into dispensationalism.
I think what would be more valuable if you are a Bullinger fan would be "Figures of speech in the Bible". A truly invaluable resource.
For what its worth, there are several Bullinger titles available on the Logos platform (but not the Companion Bible).
Johns, let me encourage you to not trash theological systems with which you are not in agreement. There are people of all theological stripes and persuasions on these forums, including dispensationalists. We need to be respectful and charitable here.
I do think that saying this qualifies as "trashing a theological system"; it's certainly condescending:
Dale A. Brueggemann
כִּי עֶזְרָא הֵכִין לְבָבוֹ לִדְרוֹשׁ אֶת־תּוֹרַת יְהוָה וְלַעֲשֹׂת וּלְלַמֵּד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּט (Ezra 7:10)
*By the way, this post is not about me; I periodically hear anti-dispensationalism remarks but don't get bent out of shape by them.
And making that distinction is not "trashing". It is simply defining a theological position.
This voice from the back of the bus sincerely thanks Dr. Brueggemann for his charity, and notes that it's disingenuous for johns to try to cast "his talent was wasted by his diversion into dispensationalism" as anything other than (A) disparaging and (B) inaccurate, given that Bullinger was a hyperdispensationalist, among other odd things.
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Summer Nights, Walking
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Robert Adams revisits the classic collection of nocturnal landscapes that he began making in the mid-1970s near his former home in Longmont, Colorado, originally published by Aperture in 1985 as Summer Nights. This exquisitely produced new edition has been carefully re-edited and re-sequenced by the photographer, who has added 39 previously unpublished images. Redesigned by revered book designer Katy Homans and printed as dry-trap tritone on uncoated paper by Meridian Printing. It is truly an "objet d'art" for the avid book collector.
Illuminated by moonlight and streetlamp, the houses, roads, sidewalks, and fields retain the wonder of the original edition, while adopting the artist's intention of a dreamy fluidity. The extraordinary care taken with the new reproductions also conveys Adams's appeal to look again at places we might have dismissed as uninteresting. Adams observes, "What attracted me to the subjects at a new hour was the discovery then of a neglected peace."
This classic body of work, Summer Nights, Walking offers a reason to feel, once more, a regard for the quotidian American landscape that Adams reveals as still beautiful despite humanity's intrusion.
Robert Adams (born Orange, New Jersey, 1937) is a major figure in New Topographics movement known for his photographs of the modern American West. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, two Guggenheim Fellowships, the Spectrum International Prize for Photography, and the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, his many books include: From the Missouri West (1980), Beauty in Photography: Essays in Defense of Traditional Values (1981), Our Lives and Our Children (1983), Summer Nights, Walking (1985), Los Angeles Spring (1986), and Perfect Times, Perfect Places (1988). Adams's work has been widely exhibited, including in a major retrospective at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Photographs by Robert Adams
Designed by Katy Homans
8 1/2 x 6/8 inches
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Confused in Austin
Last week, I flew into Austin, TX for a funeral and innocently rented a car. Nobody warned me that as a Minnesotan, I was unequipped to drive in Texas.
Last winter, I rented a car in New Zealand with the steering wheel on the right side, a car which you drive down the left side of the road.
I adjusted to those formidable quirks in about thirty minutes.
But after four days in Austin, I still got royally lost, confused and disoriented every time I left the hotel.
There are Texans who want their state to leave the Union. They should realize that their highway system left the Union decades ago.
Highway 183 runs through Austin. It is what you would think of as a normal freeway. Three lanes run in each direction.
Running parallel to the freeway are frontage roads, which also can be as many as three to five lanes.
The frontage road which flanks 183 is called Research Boulevard.
Here is where it gets weird: The frontage roads, or "access roads" as they call them in Dallas, or "feeders" as they call them in Houston, or "gateways" as they call them in El Paso, only run one way, the same way as the main highway. And traffic moves as fast on the frontage road as the freeway itself.
Every two miles or so, the main road lifts up while traffic on the frontage road is forced by a light to stop.
At this point, you have three options:
Option one is to stay in the left lane and make a U-turn beneath the underpass. This is called a Texas Turn. There is one in Fargo they call a Texas Turn, but it isn't a true Texas Turn because it isn't a U. It's merely an L.
If you happen to be in that left lane, you will make a U-turn. The curbing makes it impossible change your mind. Within seconds, and with no stoplight, you will whirl beneath the underpass and go in the opposite direction at full speed.
If you want to make a left turn onto a side street, you use the lane second to the left.
When the light turns, be prepared to be startled by oncoming U-turn traffic which meets you on your right as you go under the underpass.
It is disconcerting to have traffic meet you on the right when you aren't in New Zealand. In Texas, it happens several times per drive.
Then it gets even more confusing: To turn onto any side street, you must first exit onto Research Boulevard.
The Google people said, "Merge onto Research Boulevard." So, as soon as I saw a sign for Research Boulevard, I merged.
I did so 12 miles too early. Turns out, US 183 has multiple exits onto Research Boulevard spread over the many, many miles that the two roads are braided together!
Once you figure out the main artery system and actually get on a side street, you are in for more treats.
Despite the relatively flat Austin geography, all of its streets gradually curve. As far as I can tell, most of them form very large circles.
If remain on Stonycreek Road under the delusion that by staying the course you are actually getting somewhere, you would be wrong. Just like the astronomers say about the universe, going straight ahead on an Austin street will only get you right back to where you started from.
It is a startling experience to drive ten minutes from your hotel only to run into your hotel.
If you drive in Austin, I have decided, you'd better know where you're going or your not going to get there.
If you see a restaurant on the left side of the road that you long for, give up on getting there before you die of starvation.
If you want to try, go two miles ahead, take a U-turn and come back towards the restaurant, making sure to slide sideways six lanes long before you see the joint.
Don't be surprised, however, if you never see the restaurant again. Many of them are mirages. You can see them from a distance, but they disappear close up.
One good thing: The stoplights in Austin are so long that you can take a nap and recover your courage to plunge forward into the unknown.
As I was lost on some segment of Research Boulevard last Saturday, I came across two young men who waved Texas flags and displayed posters urging that Texas leave the Union.
I honked my horn in support.


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|Article Index
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Index to Proceedings
The "Index to Proceedings" (ITP) print version ceased in 2011 and continues as a digital only publication starting 2012 with the following issues:
The Index to Proceedings is a powerful tool which provides a window into the annual meetings of the main UN organs. The publication is comprised of a subject index to all the documents issued by the body in question during a particular session/year and an index to speeches delivered before the forum in question during a particular session/year.
A/68/50: Preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of the sixty-eighth regular session of the General Assembly - Note by the Secretary-General
English, French & Spanish: http://undocs.org/A/68/50
A/INF/67/1: Opening dates of forthcoming regular sessions of the General Assembly and of the general debate; Note by the Secretariat
English, French & Spanish: http://undocs.org/A/INF/67/1
United Nations Handbook
Published annually since 1961 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand, The United Nations Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the United Nations system and how it works. The handbook summarises all United Nations organisations and provides essential information about their aims, structures, and membership.
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United Nations Research Guides & Resources
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library unveiled an updated look for its Electronic Resources website. It features a more user-friendly and better functioning interface, with a very easy url to remember: research.un.org/e-resources.
United Nations Year in Review: Looking back at major events of 2012 (Video)
English: http://webtv.un.org/search/united-nations-year-in-review:-looking-back-at-major-events-of-2012/2033490684001
French: http://www.un.org/fr/multimedia/yearinreview/2012/video.shtml
Spanish: http://www.un.org/es/multimedia/yearinreview/2012/index.shtml
2012 - Storms and climate change made headlines. Countries struggled between turmoil and transition. From violence in Syria to militant occupation in Mali to a new cycle of violence in Gaza - the UN was called to protect civilians and find solutions. Looking beyond today's crises, more than 190 countries discussed in Rio the framework of "A Future We Want".
Interview with former UN official Brian Urquhart
Part 1: http://www.un.org/apps/news/newsmakers.asp?NewsID=70
Part 2: http://www.un.org/apps/news/newsmakers.asp?NewsID=79
The United Nations News Centre has prepared a two-part multimedia story to mark the 94th birthday in February of Sir Brian Urquhart. Sir Brian Urquhart is a living chronicle of a large part of 20th century history and occupies a special place in United Nations history. Throughout his four decades of service to the Organization, starting as one of its very first staff members and ending as an Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs, he also helped shape history-making moments. He was present for the birth of the United Nations in 1945, and was witness to many of the Organization's - and the world's - seminal milestones. As Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a tribute on the occasion of Sir Brian's 90th birthday four years ago, "You have had an enormous influence on every Secretary-General. Even today, staffers everywhere seek to live up to your example. And you remain one of our wisest and staunchest advocates." This multimedia story represents a compilation of a large amount of archival photos, audio and video footage, and background on Sir Brian's UN career spanning several decades at the UN, including his seminal role in UN peacekeeping.
UN News Centre Features on the General Assembly and its committees
What does the UN General Assembly do when the General Debate ends? (16 October 2012)
English: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43305#.UObf1HfhePU
First Committee - disarmament and international security issues (27 December 2012)
English: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43849#.UObf63fhePU
French: http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=29569&Cr=d%EF%BF%BDsarmement&Cr1=#.UOvqBnfhePU
Second Committee – economic and financial issues (28 December 2012)
English: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43850#.UObgTXfhePU
French: http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=29573&Cr=d%EF%BF%BDveloppement&Cr1=#.UOvp9XfhePU
Third Committee – social, humanitarian and cultural issues (31 December 2012)
English: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43858#.UObgcXfhePU
French: http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=29576&Cr=droits&Cr1=homme#.UOvp5nfhePU
Fourth Committee – special political and decolonization issues (2 January 2013)
English: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43868&Cr=decolonization&Cr1=#.UObg3nfhePU
French: http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=29586&Cr=pendance&Cr1=#.UOvp1nfhePU
Fifth Committee – administrative and budgetary issues (3 January 2013)
English: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43874&Cr=budget&Cr1=#.UObfQ3fhePU
French: http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=29592&Cr=financi&Cr1=#.UOvpXHfhePU
2012 Year in Review
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/news/yir2012.shtml
French: http://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/news/yir2012.shtml
Spanish: http://www.un.org/es/peacekeeping/news/yir2012.shtml
Explore the interactive timeline to see the events around the world where UN Peacekeeping has been working to protect civilians, assist national authorities with elections and support the development of credible rule of law institutions, among other things.
Fact Sheets on Disarmament Issues
The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs has completed a new series of the "Fact Sheets" relating to arms control and disarmament. There are 23 issue-related fact sheets and 7 brochures on a variety of issues, e.g. Weapons of Mass Destruction, Conventional Arms, Disarmament Machinery.
Increasing Access to Justice in Iraq: Stories from our Beneficiaries (UNDP)
The Iraqi Constitution guarantees equal protection and due process of law for all Iraqi citizens. Nevertheless, these remain unfulfilled promises for many people in Iraq. The Iraqi state's capacity to exert legitimate authority and the rule of law has been weakened by the cumulative impact of decades of conflict, war, sanctions, violence and general degradation of state institutions since 1991.
Security Council Concept Note: "United Nations peacekeeping: a multidimensional approach"
English, French & Spanish: http://undocs.org/S/2013/4
The Security Council held an open debate on the topic "United Nations peacekeeping: a multidimensional approach" on 21 January 2013. The Security Council President for the month of October, Pakistan, has prepared a concept note.
Security Council Concept Note: "Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict"
English, French & Spanish: http://undocs.org/S/2013/75
The Security Council held an open debate on the on the protection of civilians in armed conflict on 12 February 2013. The Security Council President for the month of February, Republic of Korea, has prepared a concept note to help steer the discussions on the subject.
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations – Fact Sheet: 31 January 2013 (DPI/1634/Rev.141, February 2013)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/factsheet.shtml
French: http://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/factsheet.shtml
United Nations Political and Peacebuilding Missions – Fact Sheet: 31 January 2013 (DPI/2166/Rev.115, February)
English: http://www.un.org/wcm/webdav/site/undpa/shared/undpa/pdf/Pol_miss_Fact%20Sheet%20_January%202013%20E.pdf
French: http://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/documents/ppff.pdf
2014 Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) – new website launched
The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States will be held in Apia, Samoa, in 2014. It will focus the world's attention on a group of countries that remain a special case for sustainable development in view of their unique and particular vulnerabilities.
Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and regional statistics and the extent of legal protection (ILO)
Report in English, Summary in English, French & Spanish: http://www.ilo.org/travail/Whatsnew/WCMS_173363/lang--en/index.htm
Millions of domestic workers around the world are not protected under general labour laws and are highly vulnerable to exploitation, says this new ILO report released on 9 January 2013, which calls on countries to extend social protection to them. According to the report, more than 52 million people worldwide are employed as domestic workers. While a substantial number are men working as gardeners, drivers or butlers, 80 per cent of them are women.
Of the 52 million domestic workers, only 10 per cent are covered by labour laws to the same extent as other workers, and more than one quarter are completely excluded from national labour legislation.
Global Wage Report 2012/2013: wages and equitable growth (ILO)
English report & summary: http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/global-wage-report/2012/lang--en/index.htm
French report & summary: http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/global-wage-report/2012/lang--fr/index.htm
Spanish report & summary: http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_194780/lang--es/index.htm
This Report, that was funded by the International Labour Organization (ILO), examines regional differences and trends in the years proceeding and following the Global Financial Crisis and provides a fresh overview that aims to assist International Decision-Makers.
Measuring Cultural Participation (UNESCO)
This Handbook is a resource for organisations interested in measuring cultural participation, as well as a tool for raising awareness among policymakers. To this end, Measuring Cultural Participation combines theoretical and practical aspects of methodology. This is a challenging undertaking - even more so considering the wide range of data available, research undertaken and the complexity involved in defining 'cultural participation' for national statistics systems and policies across the world.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched a new online portal allowing open, comprehensive public access to data on UNDP's work in 177 countries and territories, fulfilling a commitment to full transparency by 2013 above and beyond international standards. The portal comprises comprehensive programmatic information— from income and expenditures to activities and results—on more than 6,000 active UNDP projects, as well as those that financially closed in 2011, along with more than 8,000 outputs or results.
State of the World's Cities 2012/2013: Prosperity of Cities (UN-HABITAT)
The report advocates for a new type of city – the city of the 21st century – that is a 'good', people centred city, one that is capable of integrating the tangible and more intangible aspects of prosperity, and in the process shedding off the inefficient, unsustainable forms and functionalities of the city of the previous century.
UN system task team on the post-2015 UN development agenda: building resilience to disasters through partnerships (UNISDR)
This report – issued by the United Nations Office Disaster Risk Reduction(UNISDR) - is the second Thematic Think Piece on Disaster Risk and Resilience developed by UN entities to support discussions on the post-2015 development agenda. The paper outlines the modus operandi of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction partnership in working with and empowering stakeholders to build partnerships and political legitimacy for international agreements in the context of disaster risk reduction. With this approach the paper refers to the directions outlined in the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters.
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Leading experts on wide-ranging development issues can now be booked for speaking engagements around the world via the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) online Speakers Corner. UNDP is offering its new, free service to public and private sector organizations, civil society groups, the media and the general public. The web-based roster currently features 75 UNDP experts based in 26 countries who are available to share their expertise and insights in different languages either in person at events, or via Skype or video conference.
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Early in his career he was an artist-member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York. The music of Johann Sebastian Bach has played a large role in Buswell's life. He narrated and performed in a documentary for the PBS network entitled "The Stations of Bach," and also released a recording of the complete solo sonatas and partitas on the Centaur label.
Buswell is well known for championing new music, including neglected masterpieces from the 20th century. On the Naxos label, he recorded award-winning CDs of the Samuel Barber concerto and the concerti of Walter Piston and received a Grammy nomination for his recording of the Samuel Barber violin concerto. World premiere performances include works by Charles Wuorinen, Donald Erb, Ned Rorem, Leon Kirchner, John Harbison, and Yehudi Wyner.
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What the Market Basket Struggle Means for Labor
Labor Day traditions call for celebrating worker struggles of the past that helped produce better working conditions for all. This year we have a bona fide case in our backyard that may just usher in a new era of workplace dynamics that future labor commentators will herald.
Arthur T. Demoulas captured the essence of this modern day struggle in his triumphant speech to his employees when he noted that they view their "workplace as more than just a job.''
Today's workforce, young and old, executive and front line employees alike, want to identify with the mission of their workplace—whether it is serving customers well and providing value for scarce dollars, improving the quality of care to vulnerable patients, inspiring and educating children to reach their full potential, or creating and producing goods that help sustain the planet. When united in a cause people believe in and experience the pride and material benefits of a job well done, a deep culture of shared ownership inevitably develops. When combined with leaders who reinforce by word and actions the importance of teamwork, compassion when personal or family misfortunes arise, and a willingness to respond to community needs, the power of talented, motivated individuals multiplies into social capital no traditional competitor can match.
Market Basket demonstrated the power of this type of workplace environment. Working together over generations, employees and managers created and sustained a successful business that worked for owners, employees, customers, vendors, and communities. But when abruptly threatened by a change in leadership to those who did not share a commitment to this culture, all the trust that was built up abruptly was broken. And employees reacted in ways that demonstrated their collective power is a force to be reckoned with.
The broad-based and deep support employees received from customers, community leaders, and the general public tells us that these employees struck a nerve.
One can imagine the public reflected on their own workplaces in taking to the side of Market Basket workers. People who have the good fortune to work in similar workplaces may have chose to avoid the stores in order to stand in solidarity with Market Basket employees, out of understanding and respect for the importance of a high-trust workplace.
And then, even those who lack this type of workplace may have cheered Market Basket workers on in the hope that they would put the fear of God in owners and managers—perhaps even inspiring similar actions to change their own workplaces.
It took more than outrage for Market Basket workers to win. A look at the critical ingredients of success suggests the forms that future workplace protests may very well take. They include creative use of social media (including 90,000 "likes'' on the Save Market Basket Facebook page); highly visible rallies with positive messages that attracted and retained media attention, coalitions with loyal customers who saw employees fighting for their interests, and appeals to a public thirsty to find ways to reverse trends in income inequality, unfairness, and greed in economic affairs.
Moreover, their intensive knowledge of what made the business so successful led employees to focus right at the heart of the matter on decisions of the board of directors that typically are well beyond the influence of the workforce. They demonstrated that employees have as big a stake in how a company is run, indeed in who runs the company, as do shareholders.
Time will tell if this fascinating case will be just a flash in the pan or a forerunner of a new worker-led reform of how American businesses compete. The objective conditions are ripe for more actions like this. In the vernacular of social media, perhaps Market Basket will go viral.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Just four days remain before there could be an $85 billion budget cut in Congress that would have a huge affect on Jacksonville.
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"I don't know what is going to happen. I think all bets are off if this kicks in," Crenshaw said.
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Brown is pointing her finger at Republicans and says it's not the president. She says these cuts do not have to happen.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - cultural differences Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in cultural differences Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Russia & C.I.S. View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message BrooksJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 1369Location: Sagamihara Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:46 am Post subject: cultural differences recently I moved in Japan. While I was packing, I came across an old notebook that I kept while working in Irkutsk. On some of the pages I wrote down what I found different about Russia (I am American). I wonder how much of what I wrote is still true, and what has changed. Feel free to add. 1. dogs in stores with their owners 2. smoking in university buildings 3. too much drinking 4. less stuff to buy in stores, but less packaging 5. clothing - fur hats, coats 6. irritability - lack of smiling - bitterness 7. the military as a man`s university 8. boring diet (especially Siberia - potatoes, meat, beets, cabbage, pelmeni) 9. less cars, so public transportation is used a lot (buses, trams, and trolly buses) 10. apartment buildings that look the same with depressing colors 11. pirated videos and cassettes, which are cheap 12. interest in the West. By contrast, Americans can be very ignorant about the rest of the world 13. mandatory military service. Extensive draft dodging. I wonder how this is done (I think by either having two children or by being at a university or graduate school.) 14. lower life expectancy for men. 59 or so 15. Controller on buses and trams. Always have to stand. It must be a tough job, especially when it is crowded. 16. people bump into you and never apologize. Today a running girl elbowed me in the stomach (2/1/1998) 17. extensive use of foreign currency (mostly the USD). Guards with big guns at banks. 18. different prices for foreigners and Russians - museums, train and plane fares. 19. a different kind of ice. Certain kinds of boots are required. Packed snow which freezes. It is treacherous. You just get used to falling down. 20. women walking arm in arm 21. a lack of lines. Aggressiveness in Russian is required to get the seller`s attention - she may just be talking to her friend and ignoring you, the customer who happens to want to buy something. 22. an ignorance about the Russian church 23. some people still think Lenin was a good guy 24. racism that is overt - to blacks and Asians. Muslims too (especially Azeris) 25. Many products are imported that aren`t made here - kiosks sell mostly imported goods by far (German yogurt and Polish frozen vegetables, for example.) 26. soldiers,which guard the main university building, as well as our dormitory. I don`t understand. What is it for? A make-work program for poor soldiers? I didn`t like the midnight curfew when we were locked into the obshaga. 27. The space between people when they talk is much less than in the US. People get so close together in order to buy things, it`s like they are married. (or maybe they are) 28. less feminism. Women aren`t as concerned about work (careers) as in the US. 29. Russians talk less in class than Americans would. 30. Shopping isn`t interesting. There isn`t as much stuff to buy as in the US 31. a superiority/inferiority complex due to the Cold War and a great disline of America`s policy toward Iraq 32. younger women are more concerned with how they look. More skirts here. Wool skirts and knee high boots in winter. 33. Different kinds of shapkas. A fashion industry around it. 34. People walking around with various large plastic bags, since bags aren`t given for free (in Prague too). 35. So much raw fish eaten as appetizers. Like the Japanese. 36. Apparently, you shouldn`t talk loudly in public areas, but I heard Russians do this. 37. People not getting paids for months. How do they buy things? 38. Rambunctious kids at school. Fighting. A lack of discipline. Kids smoking. 39. So much fat in the diet: meat, cheese, salo, etc. 40. long delays by Aeroflot. Waiting 24 hours or more for a flight because they didn`t pay the fuel bill. 41. Having no electricity in the dorm because the hotel next door didn`t pay the electric bill after a fire burned the electrical wires at a nearby house. 42. brown water from the tap. Having no hot water at times or none at all. 43. A love for soccer more than any sport (more than hockey), played even in winter, even at -17 C 44. For a reception in Bratsk, having only vodka, cognac, and wine offered to drink. That was considered polite. And only raw fish to eat. 45. Having a different Lenin statue in every city (Lenin's head in Ulan Ude, and Lenin hailing a taxi in Irkutsk). 46. People selling various things near kiosks (socks, cigarettes, etc). The mafia gets a 10% cut for protection money. 47. An ability to slide down icy hills while standing, without falling. 48. Having a small envelope with postage already on it, so it doesn`t matter how much is stuffed into it. It can be mailed overseas. 49. Having one small cafeteria with 13 tables for a university of 20,000 50. Things look generally run down: much new paint is needed. Brighter colors would help. 51. People selling frozen vegetables on the street, and they aren`t refrigerated because it`s 8F or less. 52. Students hanging plastic bags outside their windows, because winter is long and temperatures don`t rise above -6F. So no refrigerator is needed for at least 4 months out of the year. 53. Children begging. Beggars can be aggressive, or merely stand near a grocery store with an outsteched hand or hat. One of the saddest scences I have ever witnessed was of an elderly man begging. It was on a winter`s night. How hard the life must be for the poor who are elderly. 54. being able to buy individual cigarettes or batteries. 55. People carrying a loaf of bread in the hand (without a bag). 56. People shop for food more often than Americans, because many people don`t have cars. 57. A lack of bars, restaurants, and places to hang out. There`s more to buy in my small hometown of 30,000 people in upstate New York. 58. Dryers only for the rich. No laundromats. Most people don`t have washing machine. I was lucky one of my students let me use his on a weekly basis. 59. People have internal passports. Why? I remember traveling in Siberia and I needed a document from my supervisor, proving that I worked at the university. I guess it was needed since I went to a different oblast. 60. new money came out in 1991, and then old people had their savings wiped out. 61. using long German buses, and the instructions inside are in German only. But maybe that wasn`t a problem, since people were more familiar with German than English. 62. differences in speech, like 'commrade'. More formality with people of different ages. Ivan Sergeivich, for example. 63. much use of cursive, such as on store signs. 64. valenkis (felt boots). 65. many gold teeth 66. the arrogance of new Russians 67. sometimes a Russian would say something that I would consider rude - like, you should lose weight. 68. many evangelists. The largest group of foreigners, except for workers from Mongolia or the former USSR (Uzbeks, Azeris, etc.) Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15343 Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 5:06 am Post subject: An interesting list. Highlights the differences between someone from the US and the former USSR. But the things that you find strange are not strange to all of us ! Back to top waxwingJoined: 29 Jun 2003Posts: 719Location: China Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 5:16 am Post subject: I agree, very interesting list. What year was it? -->an ignorance about the Russian church I didn't understand that one. I think I'm the only one in this town who's ignorant of the church Back to top BrooksJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 1369Location: Sagamihara Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:46 pm Post subject: I wrote it in early February of 1998. So what is not strange to you Scot? I was in Siberia, and the people there considered themselves to be "real" Russians. They didn`t drink as much wine in beer as people in Moscow do. I found that the Soviet Union did a good job at killing off organized religion. For example, one of the government buildings in Irkutsk used to be on the site of the largest church in the city. It was razed about 1930. I guess I was suprised that there were more atheists than I imagined. Russia used to be such a religious country (before 1917). New Year`s was a more important holiday than Christmas (thanks to communism). Back to top LyleJoined: 17 Dec 2003Posts: 5Location: Kansas Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 12:49 am Post subject: My experience is limited to just a couple weeks, but in my time there it seemed that people away from the city were much more willing to spend time with each other than we are here in America. Often the western world seems so driven to succeed that we forget others along the way. That was really the biggest cultural difference that impressed me in my short time there. Back to top bobs12Joined: 27 Apr 2004Posts: 310Location: Saint Petersburg Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:38 am Post subject: Weird? 18. different prices for foreigners and Russians - museums, train and plane fares. That's the same for museums, but on transport everyone pays the same. Most of the rest is a fair description. None of it is particularly weird though. When I go I'll miss the cat sleeping on the meat counter of my local 24 hour shop. Dogs in shops is nothing. Being able to buy whatever medicine you like from a chemist (sorry, pharmacy without a prescription, or by just getting one of your friends to scrawl something in illegible Russian script (not only foreigners have trouble with Russian handwriting, I once had a whole busload of people trying to decipher an address for me The place is changing fast though. Shops have everything now, but sometimes they won't sell you stuff (net, molodoi chelovek, nado zakliuchit' dogovor...) Service standards are still hilarious. Religion is no less killed-off than in the UK Russians are still very outspoken. I find this refreshing. Unlike with Americans (no offence to anyone intended) and to some extent the Brits, they rarely hide behind false smiles. You always know where you stand. Back to top zanethJoined: 31 Mar 2004Posts: 545Location: Between Russia and Germany Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:03 am Post subject: I don't know if I'd say less feminism. Different feminism. I know a lot of female university students (very few men in the department) and they seem pretty keen on education and career, but they're also pretty keen on getting married and having some guy bring in the lion's share of dough. A lot of them want to be educated so their future husband won't lose interest in them, and so they'll have something to fall back on, maybe partly to keep him from getting uppity. I like the ice. It makes things interesting. 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We're just a little over a week away from "The Woman In Black" hitting theaters and I for one am a little damp between the legs about the entire thing. And this new clip from the film has got my river flowing at full throttle this morning. All kinds of creepy toys and lights going out. Oh man it's damp. This is without a doubt the most disgusting thing I've ever written.
The continuation of the second season of AMC's "The Walking Dead" is not too far off my friends and today we've got news that Aaron Munoz and Michael Raymond James will be joining our band of marry travelers. Right now both are being put on the books as "guest stars" so there's a good chance they're not going to be around long so enjoy them while you can. Perhaps with a nice bottle of Bordeaux.
Because of a sugar imbalance I fainted while watching "The Devil inside" so I'm not that impressed by this news but it looks like one movie goer hit the floor while watching a screening of "V/H/S", a new anthology flick from Ti West, Adam Wingard, David Bruckner and Glenn McQuaid. The happening took place during a midnight screening at the Sundance Film Fest so there's also a good chance whoever it was was some kind of sissy boy. He was all "oh I can't wait to get home and watch 'How I Met Your Mother' on DVR! hey is that blood? Uh oh I'm going down!".
Russell Brand has been confirmed for the cast of the upcoming haunted house comedy flick "The Hauntrepreneur". That guy sucks and so will this movie. That's the news.
You all remember "Starship Troopers", right? The 1997 Sci-Fi bug battle flick that also had boobies in it? I was just a young 19 year old watching a bunch of people fight giant bugs and then all of the sudden blammo! Shower scene. It was glorious. Well it looks like there's a new movie being added to the series but this one will be animated. The film titled "Starship Troopers: Invasion" will pretty much have the same plot as all the other films but this time the nudity will be animated. So look out for that one if you're a complete deviant.
It looks like the lead role in the upcoming horror/comedy "Rentaghost" has transitioned from Russell Brand to Ben Stiller which is kind of like the doctor coming in the room and telling you that you don't have syphilis but you do have chlamydia. The film is based on an early 80's British sitcom about a recently deceased ghoul who sets up a temp agency for the fellow undead unemployed. Pretty sure if Stiller gets dropped then Dane Cook is next on the list.
If you were worried about "Paranormal Activity 3" being light on the spooky then fear not my friends because the good people at the MPAA have given the flick an R rating. The reason for the rating is listed as "violence, language, brief sexuality and drug use". I have no idea what "brief sexuality" means but I'm kind of interested. I've been displaying my sexuality for close to 34 years now with no signs of stopping.
A new trailer for the film "All God's Creatures" has popped up on the tubes for your viewing pleasure. The film follows a NYC barista who takes it upon himself to murder hookers by night because he's sees them as "filthy women". The film is interesting because the guy serves coffee for a living and is somehow buying tail I couldn't afford if I saved up for a year. I don't know how you did it my friends but you cracked the code.


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At the Height of the Lockdown 600 a Week Dying from Heart Attack in LondonIn London alone 600 people a week more are now dying from heart attack because they were afraid to go to hospital.
Fear-Fueling Lockdowns Have Caused Gargantuan Excess Deaths Spikes Theyâre Trying to Blame on Covid-19 Full story: here
See also how in this article :The virus that turned up late Alistair Haimes shows via the published death numbers this is no worse than the flu. And chances are most of the deaths are due to the lockdown!
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday May 02, 2019 23:59 by Justin Morahan
Summary: The UK is shamed by the jailing of Julian Assange read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Friday April 26, 2019 21:58 by Kate Zeller
Category-4 Cyclone Kenneth hit Mozambique Thursday night, the second severe storm to hit the country in six weeks. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / press release Thursday April 25, 2019 22:29 by cci 1 video file
Overinvestment in oil and gas creates risks for investors, regardless of whether the world is effective in tackling climate change. Either investors face assets being stranded as demand for fossil fuels falls in a transition to a low carbon economy, or the overinvestment contributes to excess emissions from fossil fuels, the failure to transition and the financial costs of a dramatically changed climate. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 24, 2019 11:52 by Derrick Harris 3 images
UN to consider the Armenian Genocide read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday April 23, 2019 23:09 by Paul 5 images
The olive harvest time in Palestine is a wonderful time for a visit. The trees are full of ripe olives and in solidarity with the Palestinian land owners we will be part of this traditional experience. You can either climb a tree or work down on the ground. We collect the olives on the tarps and then in buckets and bags. We will have traditional Palestinian lunch on the fields and we will visit an olive press. Besides volunteering on the land you will have the chance to discover Palestine and travel around with your guide Baha, to understand the reality of the geo-political situation. There are excursions to Bethlehem, Jerusalem and Lifta, Hebron and the South Hebron hills, Ramallah (the Arafat Museum) and Nabi Saleh. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday April 22, 2019 23:00 by anon 1 image
The WSWS website carries an interesting report on the atrocity in Sri Lanka providing background and relevant context unlikely to appear in the corporate and state media. For starters they say:
Despite an intelligence alert 10 days before, both the government and police failed to warn the public and took little or no action to prevent the terrible bombings. read full story / add a comment
international / economics and finance / press release Friday April 19, 2019 21:02 by Jubilee USA Network
After months of negotiations and four days of formal meetings, the United Nations voted on development policies at the fourth UN Financing for Development Forum. The UN meetings convene world leaders, ministers, governments, the IMF, World Bank and development groups. The annual process attempts to implement the 2015 Addis Ababa Action Agenda, an international agreement that includes policies on debt, tax, trade, transparency and aid. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / press release Wednesday April 17, 2019 17:40 by pm 1 image
Tomorrow the European Parliament will vote on a 13 billion military research and development fund, the so called European Defence Fund. One thousand researchers, scientists and academics from twenty-five European countries call on the Parliament to vote against the Fund. They argue that the EU should tackle the root causes of conflict instead of funding military research.
On Thursday the European Parliament votes on a compromise text on the European Defence Fund. This would be a significant break with past European policies, as military funding has until now been excluded from the EU budget.
The 1000 researchers warn of the consequences of an R&D programme for new arms technology. "The establishment of an EU military research programme points towards an unprecedented acceleration in the militarisation of the EU," says Dr Stuart Parkinson, Executive Director of Scientists for Global Responsibility. "Investing EU funds in military research will not only divert resources from more peaceful areas, but is also likely to
fuel arms races, undermining security in Europe and elsewhere". read full story / add a comment
Julian Assange arrested by UK Police after Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno illegally terminated his political asylum,
international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Friday April 12, 2019 21:53 by 1 of indy 11 comments (last - thursday june 13, 2019 17:36) 4 images 3 video files
Julian Assange who helped setup Wikileaks and in one of the first set of leaks revealed the murderous campaign of the US military against innocent civilians in Iraq amongst many other leaks showing the systematic criminality and inhumanity of the US government was betrayed this morning by the right wing corrupt president Lenin Moreno of Ecuador. Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa whose government granted Assange asylum in 2012 branded his more pro-US successor Lenin Moreno the greatest traitor in Ecuadorian history for rescinding the asylum claim and allowing British officers to enter his countrys embassy.
At the moment in a damage limitation exercise to try and shutdown support for Assange the corporate press is saying if charged, he could face up to 5 years in prison. This is to make it not so bad, but we can be 100% sure if deported to the USA, they will have a long list of dubious charges and most likely will give him a prison sentence that will more than easily cover the rest of his lifespan for that is the way of such regimes. read full story / add a comment
international / economics and finance / press release Friday April 12, 2019 04:06 by Kate Zeller
In Somalia, 60 percent of the 15 million person population lives in extreme poverty. According to the United Nations Development Programme almost 10 million people live in extreme poverty or close to poverty in Somalia while the war-torn African nation wrestles with a $4.6 billion debt. On Friday, Somalia's Finance Minister Abdirahman Beileh will call for debt cancellation for humanitarian assistance. read full story / add a comment
international / economics and finance / press release Wednesday April 10, 2019 18:07 by Jubilee USA Network
For the second day in a row, the International Monetary Fund raised concerns of pending financial crisis. Ahead of the Spring IMF and World Bank meetings, the IMF released the Global Financial Stability Report, warning of "vulnerabilities" in corporate debt, house values and sovereign (country) debt. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / press release Tuesday April 09, 2019 19:54 by Jubilee USA Network
As world leaders, finance ministers, business leaders and development groups gather for the Spring International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings, the IMF raises fresh concerns about the global economy. The IMF releases the biannual World Economic Outlook Report noting a slowdown in global growth and focusing on economic challenges that include unsustainable debt, trade tensions and the impact of natural disasters on the financial system. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Saturday April 06, 2019 17:00 by Workers Party 1 image
Today (4th Apr) is the seventieth anniversary of the foundation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). On 3rd and 4th April foreign ministers from NATO countries are meeting in Washington D.C.
This is no cause for celebration. NATO is an aggressive imperialist war machine that expresses and serves the interests and profitability of capital and the monopolies. NATO is the enemy of peace and social progress. It exists in the interests of preserving the current social system. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / news report Tuesday April 02, 2019 16:58 by Jubilee USA Network
On Monday the Senate failed to pass disaster relief funding to benefit Americans impacted by wildfires, hurricanes, flooding and other natural disasters. Republicans and Democrats clashed over recovery aid amounts for Puerto Rico and two separate proposals could not muster enough votes for passage. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Saturday March 30, 2019 16:24 by Kate Zeller
The Senate agreed to vote next week on disaster relief legislation that includes $600 million in emergency food assistance for Puerto Rico. In recent days, a turbulent exchange between President Trump and Congressional leadership exploded over whether or not Puerto Rico disaster aid monies should be included in Senate legislation. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / press release Tuesday March 26, 2019 23:33 by foie 2 comments (last - tuesday may 12, 2020 10:33)
ARE TREES THE NEW COAL? UN International Day of Forests Documentary Release
UN International Day of Forests on Thursday 21 March
A documentary about the burning of wood at an industrial scale for energy is being released today to coincide with UN International Day of Forests.
"BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal?" tells the story of the accelerating destruction of our forests for fuel. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday March 24, 2019 23:40 by anon
Yesterday, the governor of the Paris military district told France Info that soldiers of the Operation Sentinel counter-terror mission had been authorized to fire today on the yellow vests. Asked about whether soldiers were capable of carrying out law enforcement duties, General Bruno Le Ray replied: Our orders are sufficiently clear that we do not need to be worried at all. The soldiers rules of engagement will be fixed very rigorously. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday March 18, 2019 16:37 by Justin Morahan 9 comments (last - tuesday july 16, 2019 09:08)
Protests at Shannon abound read full story / add a comment
international / economics and finance / news report Wednesday March 13, 2019 17:40 by Kate Zeller
The House of Representatives is holding hearings on legislative initiatives to deter corruption and secrecy in the global financial system. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday March 11, 2019 21:41 by 1 of indy 1 image
The death last month of a former senior British police officer, John Stalker, will no doubt have rekindled many disturbing and distressful memories for the families of six men shot dead by the RUC during the dark read full story / add a comment
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PHOENIX (AP) — Almost every time he touches the ball, Bradley Beal does something special. His latest bit of basketball wizardry pushed Florida a win away from the Final Four and set up Billy Donovan with a perfectly scripted matchup against his old coach and boss, Rick Pitino.
Beal, the freshman with NBA written all over him, scored 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting Thursday night to help the Gators to a 68-58 victory over Marquette.
Next up for No. 7 Florida (26-10) — a West Regional final Saturday against Louisville and Pitino, who taught ol' Billy The Kid a lot of what he knows.
Lesson No. 1 on any coach's list, of course, would be to get good players and Beal was the best on the court on this night. He also had six rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots, including one on Marquette's Jae Crowder when the third-seeded Golden Eagles (27-8) were desperately trying to claw back in after trailing by 14.
Crowder, a senior and the Big East player of the year, never found his touch. He finished with 15 points on 5-for-15 shooting while another Marquette senior, Darius Johnson-Odom also went 5 for 15 in a struggle to reach 14 points. Buzz Williams' team shot 31 percent and was held 18 points under its season average.
Erving Walker had 11 for the Gators, including a 3-pointer that came after Patric Young scrapped for an offensive rebound with 2:05 left. It snapped a 6-0 Marquette run that had pulled the third-seeded Golden Eagles (27-8) to within six.
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